firearm

fire·arm  (frärm)

n.

A weapon, especially a pistol or rifle, capable of firing a projectile and using an explosive charge as a propellant.

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firearm [ˈfaɪərˌɑːm]

n

(Military / Firearms, Gunnery, Ordnance & Artillery) a weapon, esp a portable gun or pistol, from which a projectile can be discharged by an explosion caused by igniting gunpowder, etc.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

firearm - a portable gun; "he wore his firearm in a shoulder holster" small-arm, piece autoloader, self-loader - a firearm that reloads itself firing pin - striker that ignites the charge by striking the primer gun - a weapon that discharges a missile at high velocity (especially from a metal tube or barrel) lock - a mechanism that detonates the charge of a gun muzzle loader - an obsolete firearm that was loaded through the muzzle handgun, pistol, shooting iron, side arm - a firearm that is held and fired with one hand repeating firearm, repeater - a firearm that can fire several rounds without reloading rifle - a shoulder firearm with a long barrel and a rifled bore; "he lifted the rifle to his shoulder and fired" riot gun - a firearm designed to disperse rioters rather than to inflict serious injury or death scattergun, shotgun - firearm that is a double-barreled smoothbore shoulder weapon for firing shot at short ranges sights - an optical instrument for aiding the eye in aiming, as on a firearm or surveying instrument smoothbore - a firearm that has no rifling .22, twenty-two - a .22 caliber firearm (pistol or rifle)

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firearm

noun gun, weapon, handgun, revolver, shooter (slang), piece (slang), rod (slang), pistol, heater (U.S. slang) He was charged with possession of illegal firearms.

Translations

firearm [ˈfaɪərɑːm] N → arma f de fuego

firearm [ˈfaɪərɑː^rm] n → arme f à feu
firearms certificate n → permis m de port d'arme

firearm [ˈfaɪərˌɑːm] n → arma da fuoco

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firearm [ˈfaɪərˌɑːm] n → arma da fuoco